NBA All-Star Game Voting: Format, how you can vote and key dates

The NBA All-Star Game, besides the NBA Finals and Christmas Day, is the biggest event in the league every single season. It’s unclear if we’ll see the game carried out this campaign, with the front office still studying their possibilities.

Regardless, the league has opened the voting for the 2021 All-Star Game. In recent days, it’s been reported that they’re studying the possibility of holding the game at a different location, with Atlanta looking like a very good option to receive the big event. Last season, Team LeBron beat Team Giannis in a very entertaining game that revitalized this matchup.

Whether they do it or not, they already opened the voting and plenty of fans don’t know how the process works, the important dates and more details about this. It’s time to go through everything you need to know about this voting, which could actually translate into players taking the court next month.

2021 NBA All-Star Game Voting key dates

The voting for the 2021 ASG tipped off Thursday, Jan. 28 at noon ET. It is set to conclude on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET. During this span, fans will have the chance to vote for the NBA All-Star starters.

Fan voting updates will be shared on Thursday, Feb. 4, and Thursday, Feb. 11. This season’s All-Starters will be revealed one week after the second update, on Feb. 18. The NBA All-Star reserves, who will be selected by NBA head coaches, will be revealed the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 23.

2021 NBA All-Star Game Voting format

Since 2017, the NBA decided to move from a pure fan vote to include players and media and have a more equal voting process. Now fan voting accounts for 50%, with player and media voting account for 25% each. These votes will be broadcasted in English, Spanish and Chinese for fan voting of the starters.

2021 NBA All-Star Game Voting: How fans can vote

The NBA has announced three ways to vote this year for fans. They will have around four weeks to cast their votes and decide what players will be All-Stars this season along with the media and players themselves. That said, they listed three options:

NBA.com voting page at vote.NBA.com: Fill out one full ballot per day (per day is defined as once every 24 hours) on vote.NBA.com from a desktop or mobile browser. Fans can select up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference when choosing starters.

NBA App: Access the ballot and vote through the NBA App, which is available on Android and iOS. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day by selecting up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference when choosing starters.

Twitter: Tweet, retweet or reply with a hashtag of an NBA player’s first and last name (#FirstNameLastName) or Twitter handle, along with the hashtag #NBAAllStar. Each tweet may include only one player’s name or handle. Fans may vote for 10 unique players per day from Jan. 28 – Feb. 16.

When the 2021 NBA All-Star Game willbe played?

So far, the NBA has released half of the calendar for this season. They will take the traditional All-Star break on March 4 and will return to action one week later. This could be a good option for them to host the league after rumors suggested that they’re trying to save the game this season, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.